Editing 1988 in science (section)

==Computer science==
* August – [[Internet Relay Chat]], the first [[Internet]]-based chat protocol, is created by [[Jarkko Oikarinen]] in Finland.
* November 2 – The [[Morris worm]], the first [[computer worm]] distributed via the Internet, written by [[Robert Tappan Morris]], is launched from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Hill|title=The New International Telecommunication Regulations and the Internet: A Commentary and Legislative History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4a9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|date=25 March 2014|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-45416-5|pages=8}}</ref>
* November 17 – The Netherlands becomes the second country to get connected to the Internet.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
* c. December – The first proper and official [[Internet]] connection to Europe is made between the [[National Science Foundation Network]] at [[Princeton, New Jersey]] and Nordunet in [[Stockholm, Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nordu.net/history/TheHistoryOfNordunet_simple.pdf|title=nordunet_alkusivut_nettiversio.indd<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031416/http://www.nordu.net/history/TheHistoryOfNordunet_simple.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The first version of the [[Photoshop]] [[graphics software]], devised by [[Thomas Knoll]], ships with Barneyscan [[image scanner]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.storyphoto.com/multimedia/multimedia_photoshop.html |title=From Darkroom to Desktop — How Photoshop Came to Light |access-date=2012-08-20 |last=Story |first=Derrick |date=2000-02-18 |work=Story Photography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626182822/http://www.storyphoto.com/multimedia/multimedia_photoshop.html |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[NeXT Computer]] is released.
* [[Tim Berners-Lee]] begins openly to discuss his plans for what will become the [[World Wide Web]] at [[CERN]].